Creative Entertainment Group was founded in 1994 by Mike Maietta and Howie Schnee. Our clients benefit from the diverse backgrounds of the founders. As principals of Creative Entertainment Group (CEG), Howie and Mike each bring with them over a decade of music industry experience in the areas of artist management and development, event promotion, marketing, sponsor relations and booking.

Creative Entertainment Group

Creative Entertainment Group, Inc. is a full-service entertainment company offering management, booking, production, and promotional services to corporations, venues and musical acts. They have promoted concerts with numerous artists including Everclear, The Fugees, New Found Glory, and String Cheese Incident at such venues as Irving Plaza, State Theater (New Brunswick, NJ), BB King’s and The Lion’s Den. CEG also regularly promotes and co-promotes shows at venues such as Canal Room, Crash Mansion, Fontana’s, Knitting Factory, SOBs, etc. They have managed or done artist development work with acts such as Billy Mann, Nine Days, and Antigone Rising working closely with such record companies such as Lava, Atlantic, Epic and A&M. Today, CEG does exclusive management for Badfish and Project/Object and non-exclusive management of producer/songwriter Mike Shimshack. They have a partnership with Sullivan Hall to exclusively manage, book and promote all shows and events at the 350 capacity Greenwich Village venue. The company is involved with sponsorship, marketing and event planning as well. Corporate clients have included Pernod Ricard, Jameson Irish Whiskey, Flair Communications, The Shooting Gallery and IDG Marketing to name a few. CEG has demonstrated savvy by promoting their artists and events using the Internet in innovative ways. The company maintains websites with corresponding emailers such as Cegpresents.com and Nolafunk.com and is about to re-launch their weekly New York City musical event website Livemusicaddicts.com. The company’s promotional background and experience has lead to The Fan Exchange which provides promotional services for bands, promoters, record companies

Mike Maietta

Before starting CEG, Mike got his start in the music business in the early 90’s. While attending Syracuse University, he worked at Creative Concerts (presently known as Eastern Artists), an independent concert promotion company run by Chuck Chao. While at Creative Concerts, Mike produced shows by Spin Doctors, Phish, Dream Theatre, Stanley Jordan, Joe Cocker, Bob Dylan, and Allman Brothers.  Mike entered the world of artist management with a band called The Authority from New York City that he promoted in Syracuse and moved back home to the NYC area to be able to go on the road with the band.  In 1994, he and partner Howie Schnee formed CEG.

Howie Schnee

Before starting CEG, Howie got his start in the music business at Music Unlimited, a management and booking company owned by David Graham (son of the late concert impresario Bill Graham).  While at Music Unlimited, Howie helped in all aspects of the company, which oversaw the careers of Blues Traveler and The Hatters, produced major concerts with acts such as Phish and The Spin Doctors at Arrowhead Ranch, an upstate New York venue, and consulted on Lollapalooza and HORDE Festival, the premier alternative rock touring shows of the time.  Before starting Creative Entertainment Group, Howie also worked in the marketing department of Carnegie Hall, and at the Bottom Line nightclub. In 1994, he and partner Mike Maietta formed CEG.